Lansing Cyber Academy – Tactical Sec Ops Training

Annual Training Event – Saturday, November 3, 2018

Last year, Lansing ISSA brought in Secure Ideas for our Lansing Cyber Academy (LCA) educational event. Secure Ideas is an independent security-consulting and penetration testing firm focused on providing organizations with the services and knowledge needed to improve the security posture of their computing and network environment. Their site provides more details as to their operations and general training courses – take a look here: https://www.secureideas.com.

Course Description

This Tactical Security Operations course will cover the following topics:

Distributed network scanning using nmap

Using Metasploit to demonstrate vulnerability risk

Performing network traffic analysis

Analyzing systems for signs of compromise

Automation using Python

Strategies for planning security operations

The course will include a mixture of lecture and lab work to help students learn about each of the topics through practice. Secure Ideas will provide a virtual machine with open source tools installed and preconfigured for the class. Each student will receive the course materials and virtual machine for later use. Training tools used will include: nmap, Metasploit, Kali Linux, Python, Burp Suite, and the Social Engineering Toolkit.

Event Details

This will be a full day training session from 9:00AM to 5:00PM. Doors will open at 8:00AM, and attendees are welcome to arrive after this time to set up their workspace and network with other information security professionals. Lunch and snacks are included with this training.

Required Materials

All attendees will need to bring their own laptop and power cord (outlets will be provided). Laptops will need 4 to 8 GB of RAM, 50 GB of hard drive space, and virtualization software (VMware workstation, player, or fusion recommended) pre-installed. Please note: A virtual machine will be distributed at the beginning of class and it does not play well with Oracle VirtualBox. There will not be any wireless internet available during the event; all training materials will be provided at the event on USB drives for local installation.

Registration

Ready to sign up?? Great! Ticket prices are as follows:

Lansing ISSA members: $75.00

Information Security Organization member: $100.00

General Admission: $125.00

Limited number of student tickets available: $50.00

We will be confirming Lansing ISSA membership upon registration for the event. It’s easy to register for ISSA and select your Lansing ISSA chapter – visit issa.org to get started or contact us at board@lansing.issa.org and we’ll happily guide you through it!

Information Security Organizations currently valid for this discounted price include: other ISSA chapters, ISACA, ISC(2), WMCSC, and InfraGard. Please provide proof of membership at the door or to board@lansing.issa.org prior to the event.

A limited number of student tickets will be available this year (only 5 tickets!) for current undergraduate or graduate students. Please prepare to provide student ID for verification at the door to the event if you select this option.

Categories

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Mission

The mission of the Lansing Chapter of ISSA is to increase the security knowledge of information professionals. We aim to improve our members’ professional careers through the sharing and dispersing of information security practices. By responding to the needs of those interested in security, we will disseminate pertinent timely information through expert speakers, seminars and networking events.
We recognize that information security can only be successfully addressed if we have clear and concise goals. To this extent, our goal is to become Lansing’s clear choice for security information.

Regular Meetings

Lansing ISSA meets on the third Thursday of the month from January – May and August – December. June and July are our summer break months, and we do not hold any chapter meetings. Our annual fall training event usually falls in late October or early November. We hope to see you at an upcoming event!

Become a Member

Become a member of ISSA and join the Lansing, MI chapter to receive our monthly newsletters, discounts for events, and free access to all our chapter meetings!

For non-members and returning guests, we ask for a $10 donation at the door for our chapter meetings to keep operating costs manageable (those coffee and donuts gotta come from somewhere!). Students can attend our chapter meetings free of charge.

Contact Us

Would you like to learn more about the Lansing Information Systems Security Association?

We welcome the opportunity to educate, guide, and support community members. If you would like more information on our chapter please send us an email to: board@lansing.issa.org.